diff --git a/release/Makefile.ec2 b/release/Makefile.ec2
index 27e6340dca2..47561feefc2 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.ec2
+++ b/release/Makefile.ec2
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #
-#
-#
 # Makefile for creating an EC2 AMI from a disk image.
 #
 
diff --git a/release/Makefile.gce b/release/Makefile.gce
index 51dc5e3436e..06b76857ae8 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.gce
+++ b/release/Makefile.gce
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #
-#
-#
 # Makefile for uploading Google Compute Engine disk images.
 #
 
diff --git a/release/Makefile.oci b/release/Makefile.oci
index 2290f2acbcf..a6f998002f9 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.oci
+++ b/release/Makefile.oci
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #
-#
-#
 # Makefile for building OCI container images.
 #
 
diff --git a/release/Makefile.vagrant b/release/Makefile.vagrant
index d8f3c14e949..83433778b02 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.vagrant
+++ b/release/Makefile.vagrant
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #
-#
 # Makefile for producing and uploading Vagrant boxes to Hashicorp Atlas
 #
 # Usage Example: